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Marshmallow Laser Feast

Poetics of Soil: Fly Agaric I, 2024

4K video with sound

Duration: 4 mins, seamless loop

Ed. of 3 + 3 AP

Beneath our feet hums another world, expansive and inventive, yet concealed from view. Poetics of Soil is a series of works that illuminate the hidden kingdoms of life underground.

This ongoing exploration reframes our relationship with soil and the diverse species it harbours — from trees and fungi to bacteria, archaea, and protozoa. Each species provides a unique lens on the microcosms that sustain life on Earth, knitting soil into living networks with a complexity beyond anthropogenic webs.

Through an audio-visual approach, the work challenges our understanding of life's cycle, biological symbiosis, and deep ecology, exploring the intricate entanglements between species.

 

ABOUT Marshmallow Laser Feast

Marshmallow Laser Feast [Ersin Han Ersin (b. 1984), Barnaby Steel (b. 1978) & Robin McNicholas (b. 1979)] is a London based experiential artist collective reinterpreting ideas of human perception and experience. Employing a wealth of creative disciplines and underpinned by research, they invite participants to navigate with a sensory perception beyond the everyday. In collaboration with artists, scientists, musicians, poets, programmers, and engineers, MLF has been leaving a slug trail of sensory experiences as they journey through the cosmos. Fusing architectural tools, contemporary imaging techniques and performance with tactile forms, they sculpt spaces that lay dormant until animated by playful investigation. Their works have been included in major exhibitions and institutions including; the Barbican Centre, Factory International, YCAM, DDB Seoul, Sundance Film Festival, Montreal, SXSW and Lisbon Architectural Triennale.

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Poetics of Soil: Fly Agaric I